family moniliaceae
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1. family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus family, |
| definition | : | includes lichen families (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus monilia, |
| definition | : | genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus penicillium, penicillium, |
| definition | : | genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | moniliales, order moniliales, |
| definition | : | order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium (noun.plant) |
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